1977 VFL Season Round 13: Melbourne v Footscray

This is the match report for the match played on 25 June 1977 between Melbourne and Footscray during round thirteen of the 1977 season of the Victorian Football League. Melbourne hosted Footscray at the MCG. Greg Wells captained the hosts. The hosts were coached by Bob Skilton and the visitors were coached by Bill Goggin.

Melbourne (7.9.51) were defeated by Footscray (15.12.102).

Match Details

Season: 1977 VFL Season
Round: Round 13
Teams: Melbourne v Footscray
Date: Saturday 25 June 1977
Time: 2:10 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 12,566

Match Results

Outcome: Melbourne def. by Footscray
Score: 7.9.51 - 15.12.102

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Melbourne 2 . 3 5 . 7 5 . 7 7 . 9 7 . 9 (51)
Footscray 3 . 4 10 . 4 12 . 11 15 . 12 15 . 12 (102)
Margin FOOT by 7 FOOT by 27 FOOT by 46 FOOT by 51 FOOT by 51
Duration

Honour Roll

Melbourne

Captain: Greg Wells
Coach: Bob Skilton

Footscray

Captain: unknown
Coach: Bill Goggin

Match Umpires

Field Umpires

G. James
J. Morgan

Player Statistics

Melbourne

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
1 Baker, Garry ? ? 1 0 11 6 5 3 5 4 3
19 Biffin, Ray ? ? 2 4 8 7 1 6 0 0 2
6 Brewer, Ross ? ? 0 0 11 8 3 3 0 1 4
5 Campbell, Des ? ? 0 0 14 10 4 3 0 4 2
37 Carroll, Ted ? ? 0 0 8 7 1 1 0 3 0
20 Cook, Brian ? ? 0 0 11 10 1 1 0 4 2
15 Cumming, Daryl ? ? 1 0 11 7 4 1 0 4 0
21 Davis, Allan ? ? 0 0 18 17 1 3 0 8 3
28 Dullard, Anthony ? ? 0 1 16 9 7 4 6 6 2
34 Flower, Tom ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 2 0 2 1
9 Fowler, Laurie ? ? 2 0 20 17 3 4 0 4 3
22 Giampaolo, Frank ? ? 0 1 22 11 11 4 0 6 2
27 Graham, Colin ? ? 0 0 7 4 3 0 0 1 1
17 Grambeau, Shane ? ? 0 0 13 10 3 2 0 7 0
30 Hamilton, Peter ? ? 0 0 5 3 2 2 0 0 2
33 Hardeman, Gary ? ? 0 0 12 11 1 3 0 4 3
12 Norsworthy, Barry ? ? 0 0 17 11 6 1 0 4 5
24 Osborne, Graham ? ? 0 0 9 9 0 4 0 4 1
3 Tippett, Barry ? ? 0 0 4 1 3 0 0 0 0
11 Wells, Greg (c) ? ? 1 2 22 17 5 4 0 5 5
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 7 9 251 184 67 51 11 71 41

Footscray

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO FF FA
30 Abbey, Ross ? ? 0 0 21 14 7 4 0 3 3
16 Blair, Dennis ? ? 1 1 17 14 3 5 0 3 5
15 Collins, Dennis ? ? 1 1 30 23 7 4 0 4 2
12 Dell, Colin ? ? 0 0 17 14 3 4 0 4 3
32 Dunstan, Ian ? ? 0 0 15 9 6 2 0 0 4
20 Edmond, Jim ? ? 0 1 12 9 3 0 0 1 5
1 Hampshire, Ian ? ? 1 0 15 12 3 9 29 2 7
7 Huppatz, Ray ? ? 0 2 18 14 4 6 0 1 3
25 Jennings, Geoff ? ? 1 2 17 15 2 4 0 2 1
28 Low, Ian ? ? 2 2 34 24 10 13 0 4 3
10 Munro, Peter ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 Murrie, Richard ? ? 0 0 12 9 3 4 0 3 0
23 Perussich, Lee ? ? 0 0 19 13 6 4 0 4 7
21 Power, Stephen ? ? 0 0 7 6 1 1 0 1 5
2 Quinlan, Bernie ? ? 2 0 10 7 3 4 3 1 6
5 Reid, Bruce ? ? 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
33 Reid, John ? ? 0 0 12 12 0 5 0 2 4
9 Sandilands, Laurie ? ? 6 2 10 9 1 4 0 0 5
35 Wheeler, Terry ? ? 0 0 14 12 2 3 0 2 3
22 Whitten, Ted ? ? 1 0 19 16 3 3 0 4 4
Rushed 1
Total (20 players) 15 12 299 232 67 79 32 41 70

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s